Manifolding sales book



E. K. BATTLE MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK Flled Sept 14. 1921 July .19, 1927.

INVENTOR W14 BY ZATTORNEY Patented July 19, 1927.

STATES PATEN EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, 01 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO, CANADA.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

Application filed September 14, 1921. Serial No. 500,498.

This invention relates to manifolding devices and with respect to its more specific features to manifolding books such as sales books and the like.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a simple arrangement of four record leaves connected end to end and adapted for the making of four copies at one writing.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a practical construction of pad composed of sets of record leaves adapted for simultaneous inscription at one writing.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a practical pad for manifolding books in which four of the leaves are connected end to end and may be readily constructed by standard equipment.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a set of manifolding leaves connected end to end adapted for the making of four copies at one writing and in which three of the copies may be direct reading on opaque paper.

Another object of the invention is the p ovision of a simple and practical arrangeent of transfer leaves or sheets in connection with sets of four record leaves connected end to end and adapted for simultaneously making four copies at one writm The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim. 1

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several vlews,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mani-,

folding book or pad embodying the invention- Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating one manner of connecting some of the record leaves.

The numeral 1 indicates a manifolding book, or ad, composed of a plurality of superpose sets of record leaves, the upper set being shown in open arrangement for clearer disclosure. Each set includes a record sheet composed of the four leaves 2, 3, 4 and 5, the sheet being first folded along the line 6 to provide a folded'record sheet composed of upper and lower plies, as will be understood. and the folded sheet is then additionally folded intermediate its ends on a line parallel to the fold 6 so as to superpose all four leaves 2, 3, 4 and 5. The intermediate fold between the leaves 2 and 3 is indicated at 7 and the intermediate fold between the leaves 4 and 5 is indicated at 8. In the drawings the fold lines 7 and 8 are spaced apart, but it will be understood that the leaves 4 and '5 lie close to the leaves 3 and 2 respectively so that the fold line 8 may practically coincide with the fold line 7.

Opposite the intermediate fold the end of one of. the record leaves of each set is bound in the pad as by means of the staples 8 the paper may be weakened as indicated by the dotted lines to provide for the ready tearing apart of the leaves. The leaf 2 may be similarly weakened as indicated by the line 10 in order that it may be readily separated from the bound end of the ad.

The transfer material for trans erring inscription from oneto another of the superposed rccord leaves may include a transfer sheet working from the bound end of the pad as illustrated. In Fig. 1 a single transfer sheet 11 is employed, bound to the pad with the record leaves so as to work from the bound end of the latter, this sheet being folded intermediate its ends on a line 12 parallel to the folds of the record sheets. When a single transfer sheet is employed, as, just mentioned, the foldable part 13 thereof is interposed between the leaves 3 and 4, the bound end of the sheet lying on the leaf 2 and between the latter and the leaf 5. When inscription is made on the original leaf 3 it is transferred direct to the upper face of the intermediate leaf 4; to the under face of the intermediate leaf 5, and again direct to the upper face of the duplicate leaf 2, the single inscription thus giving four copies (including the original). With the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1 is it preferred to make the leaf 5 translucent so that inscription may be read therethrough. The other leaves may be opaque.

It will be seen that the construction illustrated enables each set of record leaves to be made from an integral sheet, so that the several leaves will be integrally connected end to end.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2, the leaves 16 and 17 correspond in position to the leaves 3 and 4 of the other figure. In Fig. 2, however, the leaf 17 is connected to the end of the leaf 16 by paste as indicated by the shaded area 18.

As the pad becomes exhausted in use and thereby decreases in thickness it is convenient to provide extra sheets of transfer material within the depth of the book. When these extra transfer sheets have been reached the sheets 14 and 15 may be torn off and the extra sheets utilized. It will be understood that the extra sheets are similar in number and relation to the other transfer sheets. The operation of the book will be understood from the above and need not be further described.

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished among others the objects hereinabove referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A man-ifolding pad, comprising, in combination, a plurality of sets of leaves, each set comprising four leaves attached together end to end to form a strip, said strip being folded to superpose the third and fourth leaves upon the second and first respectively, and being folded a second time to bring all four leaves of the set in registery with each other, the first leaf of each set being extended beyond the others to form an extension by which the sets are attached together in the pad, and a carbon strip bound within the pad above the record leaves of length equal to two of the record leaves, carrying transfer material upon both of its faces for portions of its length, whereby when folded to extend between the record leaves quadruplicate copies may be made.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignatu're.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. 

